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sphenoid bone

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noun

  1. the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On the inferior aspect of the skull, each half of the sphenoid bone forms two thin, vertically oriented bony plates.

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It is located within the body of the sphenoid bone, just anterior and inferior to the sella turcica, thus making it the most posterior of the paranasal sinuses.

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The anterior cranial fossa is located between the frontal bone and lesser wing of the sphenoid bone.

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At the intersection of four bones is the pterion, a small, capital-H-shaped suture line region that unites the frontal bone, parietal bone, squamous portion of the temporal bone, and greater wing of the sphenoid bone.

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Presently the two students returned, looking just a little shame-faced, and plunged instantly into wild talk about the weather, the town, and the University—anything and everything except the sphenoid bone.

From The Firm of Girdlestone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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